Big-Leaf Maple vs lizard crystalwort

Acer macrophyllum compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ricciaceae
Genus	Acer	Riccia
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Riccia bifurca

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-Leaf Maple and lizard crystalwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	lizard crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States